Calamotropha delatalis explained

Calamotropha delatalis, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka[1] and Australia,[2] where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Description

The wingspan is about 27 mm in the male and 30 mm in the female. It is a pale greyish-brown moth. The vertex of the head is whitish. Forewings with veins and interspaces finely streaked with brown. A black discocellular speck and a marginal brown specks series present. Hindwings fuscous brown.[3]

The larvae probably bore into the stems of grass species.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . 27 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2014 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 15 July 2014.
  3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . 1896 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

  4. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp. 27 December 2016 . Calamotropha delatalis (Walker, 1863) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 24 July 2018.